YOUR CELEBRATING DISCOVERIES
Prior to mid-Victorian times, divorce was only accessible to wealthy, influential people, most of whom were men. Each individual case required a private Act of Parliament to be passed.
Even after the major reforms that were introduced by the 1857 Matrimonial Causes Act, divorce remained a complex, expensive and taboo subject for the Victorians. As a result, many working-class couples chose to separate and perhaps cohabit with another partner.
Tim Cook was faced with a puzzle regarding an elusive ancestor. He explains how the mystery unravelled.
MY BRICK WALL
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